He said he was supposed to fight Diaz and had the contract signed but nate wouldn't answer the phone so he obviously didn't want the fight. Edson stepped up and accepted the fight, he claims Edson is the only LW who accepted. Says Edson is one of his favorites to watch and not an easy fight for any LW.

He says he basically expects Conor to win and was surprised how non confident Nate seemed at the press conference.

He also said he felt very weak in terms of physical strength against Eddie Alvarez.

and the times they were in the middle and striking.. Pettis was just staring at him 99% of the time and throwing nothing. 3 minutes of round 2 there was no wrestling at all and Pettis was doing nothing.

and the times they were in the middle and striking.. Pettis was just staring at him 99% of the time and throwing nothing. 3 minutes of round 2 there was no wrestling at all and Pettis was doing nothing.

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Pettis definitely landed more strikes and in general maintained a higher output of strikes when they were in the middle of the cage. Wasn't a one-sided fight by any means considering Alvarez wasn't actually able to do anything to Pettis in the grappling lol.

This is the best fight in the LW division, imo. I don't think Pettis will ever be champ again because he's not willing to work on his glaring weakness and other guys will exploit it. Fun, striker matchups from now on will be good

He said he was supposed to fight Diaz and had the contract signed but nate wouldn't answer the phone so he obviously didn't want the fight. Edson stepped up and accepted the fight, he claims Edson is the only LW who accepted. Says Edson is one of his favorites to watch and not an easy fight for any LW.

He says he basically expects Conor to win and was surprised how non confident Nate seemed at the press conference.

He also said he felt very weak in terms of physical strength against Eddie Alvarez.